Everybody wants a new beginning. We all make mistakes, big and small, and then want to start over. Turn the page. Change the course. Turn over a new leaf.
But what we are forgetting here is that there can never be a 'new' beginning. New beginnings do not exist. It is practically impossible. We will always carry with us bits of stories we have played a role in; people we have met, relations we have fostered, experiences that have enriched our lives.
So how then can we wipe the slate clean? Can we really ignore the past? Can we unfeel the things we have once felt, unsee, unhear, unthink what we have seen, heard, thought? That would be denial, wouldn't it?
What we can do instead is acknowledge our mistakes and try to rectify them as early as possible.
So this time around, how about we take all the lessons from our journey so far, old beginnings et al, review, retrospect, accept responsibility and finally take charge in order to change the narrative of our story?
In place of
the futile search for a new beginning,
why don't we try to reach a new ending...a better ending instead?
So very very wise Priyanka. How can we unsay, unfeel, unravel ? We can only make course corrections.
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